#jan

Every man needs his Siren To check his courage and strength When he hears her song In his travels through the unknown. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #literature #literature-quotes #poetry #poetry-quotes

He stroked a hand across my shoulders. "You know, I've never seen this agressively intellectual side of you before. It's rather disturbing and yet somehow a little sexy." Which is pretty much how we define our relationship", I said. ↗

— Molly Harper

#molly-harper #dating

It is always easy to question the judgement of others in matters of which we may be imperfectly informed. ↗

— P.D. James

#elizabeth-bennet #jane-austen #death

If birth is a manifestation of life, death is another. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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Every thought about death takes a moment of life away. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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When it's my time, and the reaper calls my name, there will be no stink of fear on me, and my only wish will be to die with grace, covered in the blood of my enemies. ↗

— Cedric Nye

#blood #death #fear #grace #horror

Why, then, should we ever sink overwhelmed with distress, when life is so soon over, and death is so certain an entrance to happiness – to glory? ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#jane-eyre #death

The world cannot be translated; It can only be dreamed of and touched. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

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And he's pressing into her and she into him, bodies shivering, like they are two scared, lost children, starving, starving to be touched, to be held, by someone, anyone, the first one they can find who seems familiar enough, safe enough, strong enough to rescue them. They breathe, heavy. Hard. Their fingers strain at cotton. And then they slow down. Stop. Hold. Rest. Before one of them, or both, begins to sob. Before they break another piece that needs to be fixed. ↗

— Lisa McMann

#dreams

Or maybe she wants to believe that he found her on purpose. Even Janie can have her dreams. ↗

— Lisa McMann

#dreams